Storm-garment.



PATENTED JUNE 25,1907.

I. V. BENOIT. STORM GARMENT. APPLIOATIONIILEDI mun 26. 1906.

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WITNESSES ATTORNEYS No. 857,578. PATENTED JUNE 25,1907.

I. v. BENOIT. STORM, GARMENT.

APPLICATION I'ILED JUNE Z6. 1906.

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STORM-GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

Application filed June 26,1906. Serial 110323.422.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IDA V. BENOIT, of New York city, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Imroved Storm-Garment, of which the followmg is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of storm garments which are intended to keep the skirts, petticoats and clothing generally, of a woman, dry and clean and the object of my invention is to produce a simple device which can be attached to or combined with an ordinary garment like a rain coat or a skirt or similar garment, and which, when applied, will form a pocket or receptacle to receive the lower parts of the skirts and. petticoats and will inclose them so that rain, slush or dirt cannot get at the inner garments.

Another object of my invention is to make the device as simple and convenient as possi bio and to attach t to the usual garment in such a way that the outer garment will hang naturally and the inner attachment or receptacle will be unnoticed.

Another object of my invention is to produce a device of this character which can be applied or removed in public without making the wearer unduly conspicuous.

To these ends my invention consists of an attachment to an outer garment which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, dicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l. is a perspective view of the coat closed and provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a view of the coat thrown partly open to disclose the invention. Fig. 3 is a detail of the coat thrown wide open, and with the trousers like attachment forming a part of the lining. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the invention unattached. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail view with the attachment partly open. Fig. 7 shows a slight modification in which the attachment is provided with a short skirt. Fig. 8 is a view of the device as applied to the inner side of a skirt, the latter being shown open, and Fig. 9 shows the attachment applied to a skirt, the latter being turned up to show the attachment.

My invention can be applied very conveniently to a long storm coat or rain coat 10 and hero the trousers like attachment 11 is supin which similar figures of reference inon the inner side of the coat as in Fig. 2, but it can be made a part of the coat lining, as shown clearly in Fig. 3.

The preferred form of the attachment is shown in Fig. 4;. Here the attachment 11 which is like a short pair of trousers or bloom ers, and is made of water proof material, has well defined leg portions 12 through which the feet can be thrust, and the leg openings can be provided with elastic or other similar means of making them fit the leg of the wearer. For convenience, the attachment is opened down the front, as shown at 18, and the-meeting edges by hooks and eyes, glove fasteners, or any suitable fastening. The attachment is also preferably made so that it can be opened along the bottom, as at ported buttons and button holes,

13 though the bottom closure can be closed 3 by stitching if desired.

I prefer to construct the trousers like attachment with hangers 15 which can be convenientl y a part of the goods of the attachment, and these hangers extend upward so as to be fastened to a coat, skirt or other garment at a sufficient height to permit it to hang free and not interfere with the set of the garment to which it is applied. The fastening may be in any convenient way, for instance, at the right hand in Fig. 4 I have shown button holes 16 which can be buttoned to the garment, or if preferred, buttons 17 can be applied to the extremities of the hangers, and secured in loops or button holes on the garment.

The opening along the bottom can be closed by fastening devices 14 if desired instead of being stitched, as shown at Fig. 5, and if it is desired to use the attachment with a short or two-third length coat the at tachment 11 can be provided with a short skirt 18 which, when the attachment is worn, will form practically an extension of the regular coat.

In Figs. 8 and 9 I have shown how the attachment can be conveniently applied to the dress skirt 19 and here the open attachment 11 can be secured by stitching or any suitable fastening means directly to the interior of the skirt at the right height, and then the device can be fastened together when the skirt is closed in the manner hereby described, so as to form the trousers like receptacle, and it can be put on by simply thrusting the feet through the legs in the usual way.

From the foregoing description it will be can be fastened together seen that the trous ers like device can be defit nicely, and it wil 1 be seen that it is adapted to contain the skirts so that they can be kept dry in stormy weather.

I prefer to have desired.

I am aware the made to tuck under and hold the the device detachable so that it can be readily removed or put on as t long skirts have been remainlng skirts, fastening devices being used to secure the skirt to the legs,

and also that devices to fasten around the legs and to the skirt of a garment have been skirts, but it will b used to support the other e seen that my invention comprises a well defined trousers or bloomer 20 attachment which fits nicely, hangs freely and is easily removable, and does not inter fere with the ordinary garment construction.

Having thus fully described my invention,

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

In a device of the character described, a trousers like structure having Well defined leg portions, and operative hangers or exten sions on the outer and upper edges of the structure adapted to support the same in position, said hangers being integral with the structure and opposite] ydisposed when in applied position, said structure being open in front and-open transversely from leg to leg, said front opening and transverse opening communicating.

IDA V. BENOIT. A Witnesses:

WARREN B.

HUTOHINSON, MARY A. S.

MOELLER. 

